September 13, 200619 yr I'm soooo looking forward to flying to Hawaii... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14809852/ Man subdued by other travelers, air marshals after unruly behavior Updated: 1:15 a.m. CT Sept 13, 2006 CHANTILLY, Va. - A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a cross-country flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said. United Airlines Flight 890 from Los Angeles landed as scheduled at Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:35 p.m., said Amy Kudwa, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman. No one was injured. Ken Wolfenberger, of Whittier, Calif., who was on the flight, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he helped subdue the unruly passenger. The man wore patches on his fatigues with special forces and jujitsu champion logos, Wolfenberger said. The man had been acting strangely for about 20 minutes, then sat up, wrapped belts around his hands and threw punches into the air, Wolfenberger said. Wolfenberger said he heard a flight attendant yell for help and tell the man, “Sir, get your hand off the handle.” “Any time you hear a flight attendant shout ‘please help,’ you worry that something pretty bad is going to happen,” he said. Air marshals on board Wolfenberger said the man was held down and punched by other passengers as he grabbed the man’s leg. Air marshals then came and took custody of the man. The passenger became unruly about 3½ hours into the flight, said United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy. “After the passenger was restrained, the pilot decided to land at Dulles,” McCarthy said. “It wasn’t an emergency landing.” Airport police and FBI agents met the flight and were interviewing the passenger, said FBI spokeswoman Debbie Wierman. There were 138 passengers and six crew members on board, McCarthy said.
September 13, 200619 yr I am going to guess, that when all the details come out, he isn't special forces or a jujitsu master.
September 13, 200619 yr QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 09:06 AM) I am going to guess, that when all the details come out, he isn't special forces or a jujitsu master. I'm kind of envisioning Kip from Napoleon Dynomite. . . Would be absolutely terrifying though.
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